Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-08

| dear.
| "Now, mother"
! "Well, well, as you like, but it Is a
foolish freak
! Rhodora was half inclined to tell her
mother OF the remark she had heard as
she passed the group of officers on the
wharf that morning, but she decided not
! to speak of it.
! Rhodora often detained her mother that
( they might be late to dinner or lunch, but
| go when they would Lieut. Halstead al
ways seemed 10 be there.
He ate slowly, and RhodOra declared
that he took everything in courses from
olives to cheese, and that his digestive
apparatus was certainly in excellent trim,
| for he ate with fifteen minutes interval
between each mouthful.
When she was invited TO join a large
party the next day she sdroitly had the
hostess run over the list of her guests,
and when she found that Lieut. Hal
stead's name was not among them she
gladly consented To go.
Ii was after in the evening when she
returned, tired and hungry, but signing
with satisfaction to think that she could
eat a comfortable meal without a pair of
staring brown eyes opposite.
She had finished her soup when the
hall door opened Alas she knew this
firm, decided step too well George smil-
ingly pulled out the chair opposite and
Lieut.. Halstead seated himself demurely.
Ii was just too bad. Tears of veNatiOn
gathered in those large gray eyes. He
came on purpose to annoy her. He was
the rudest man she had ever seen. Her
first impulse was to leave the table, but
she would not give him the satisfaction
OF knowing she was angry; besides, she
was hungry. She would eat very slowly.
She did no care how miserable she felt il
only she could make him uncomfortable,
so with a studied ai- of composure she
reached for the crackers and upset her
glass of water. She didn't care, but it
was rather embarrassing. She was sure
he was smiling She ate slower than
ever, and looked quite serene gazing off
into space. The room was oppresSively
quiet. He was taking an endless time for
his dinner, 50 she hurried and almost
chOked herself, but he seemed to be
hurrying too, now that she tried to get
through first.
She had Just decided that she could not
endure this moment longer, yet deter
mined that he should not have the salts
faction Of having spoiled her dinner when
she heard in sonOrous tones: Miss Black, (
may trouble you for the PEPPER
She started, but said in frozen man
ner Certainly, handing him the catsup. /
The pepper, please" he said, smiling,
at the same time half withrawing his
hand from the bottle, while She suppos- ,
ing he would take it from her, let it slip
from her fingers
81 beg your pardon" he said, but not
before the brown liquid had deluged the
'aote'
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